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SUMMARY:"We Are Brooklyn: Immigrant Voices” Brooklyn College Listening Project Exhibition Opening
DESCRIPTION:“We Are Brooklyn: Immigrant Voices” is a multimedia exhibition built on interviews that Brooklyn College students conducted with immigrants and children of immigrants\, many of them people in their own families. It is sponsored by the Brooklyn College Listening Project. The opening reception for the exhibition will take place on April 15 and the exhibition will be on display until May 15.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/we-are-brooklyn-immigrant-voices-brooklyn-college-listening-project-exhibition/
LOCATION:Library
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T180000
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SUMMARY:The U.S. Declaration of Independence at 250 Years: Critical Perspectives From American Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:As the U.S. Declaration of Independence marks 250 years\, American society is in political and intellectual turmoil over its guiding ideals: life\, liberty\, and the pursuit of happiness. There are related conflicts over issues such as democracy\, justice\, race\, immigration\, gender identities\, women’s rights\, and the environment. Do American philosophical traditions afford ways to interpret these ideals? Can they help us understand\, diagnose\, and resolve these conflicts? \nSpeakers include: \n\nKim Díaz\, assistant professor of philosophy\, El Paso Community College. From 2015 to 2025\,  Díaz served as director of the Shadows to Light project for the Philosophic Systems Institute\, where she taught philosophy and mindfulness to returning citizens for the United States Department of Justice. She is the managing editor for the Inter-American Journal of Philosophy\, coeditor of the Philosophy of the Americas Reader: From the Popol Vuh to the Present (2021)\, and coeditor of the forthcoming book Building Bridges Between Latin American and Indian Philosophies.\nJose-Antonio Orosco\, professor of philosophy\, Oregon State University. Orosco specializes in social and political philosophy\, particularly democratic theory\, multiculturalism\, social movements\, and global justice. He teaches classes in American philosophy\, Latino/a and Latin American thought\, and peace and justice studies. He is author of Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence (2008)\, Toppling the Melting Pot: Immigration and Multiculturalism in American Pragmatism (2016)\, and Star Trek’s Philosophy of Peace and Justice (2022).\n\nModerated by Professor Daniel Campos\, Philosophy. The event is sponsored by the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities\, the Jay Newman Chair Fund\, and the Department of Philosophy at Brooklyn College. \nRSVP Today
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/the-u-s-declaration-of-independence-at-250-years-critical-perspectives-from-american-philosophy/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
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SUMMARY:The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the publication of Aleah N. Ranjitsingh’s edited volume The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration\, Identity\, and Literary and Cultural Representations. The volume expands notions of the Caribbean diaspora to account for the Asian as part of the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora. Its interdisciplinary chapters center Caribbean people of Chinese\, Indian\, Japanese\, and Javanese descent in and outside of the Caribbean\, reveal migration narratives\, encounters on Caribbean plantations and in diasporic urban centers\, notions of homeland and experiences of return\, family histories\, identity formation and subjectivity\, the ways in which Caribbean people create and convey meaning about these histories\, experiences and self\, and the contributions of Caribbean people of Asian descent to the framing of the Caribbean and Asian diasporas. \nRanjitsingh is an assistant professor in the Africana Studies Department and Caribbean Studies Program. Her research focuses on the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora\, and her areas of interest include identity and identity formation\, gender and ethnic identities\, race\, Blackness and mixedness\, and the processes of racialization at “home” in the Caribbean and in the diaspora. She has published in the Journal for Intercultural Studies\, the Caribbean Journal of International Relations and Diplomacy\, and the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies. She is the co-author of Dougla in the 21st Century: Adding to the Mix and the edited collection The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora. Essays on Migration\, Identity\, and Literary and Cultural Representations. \nRanjitsingh will be joined in conversation by volume contributors: \n\nJillian Ollivierre\, a Ph.D. candidate in social anthropology at York University in Toronto. Her dissertation\, provisionally entitled “Jahajin Bundles: Fashioning ‘Global’ Indianness in the Wake of Trinidadian Indenture\,” examines the interwoven material\, affective\, and geopolitical textures of nationalist and diasporic processes in Trinidad\, focusing on the historically gendered commerce and consumption of the imported Indian fashions known locally as “Indian wear.”\nNikoli Attai\, who received his Ph.D. in women and gender studies from the University of Toronto. His most recent book\, Defiant Bodies: Making Queer Community in the Anglophone Caribbean\, was published in 2023. Attai’s broader research focuses on queer experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean beyond notions of disease and violence\, and the need to flee the region.\nSue Ann Barratt\, a lecturer and head at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies\, University of the West Indies\, St. Augustine Campus. She is a scholar of human communication and gendered expression and interaction. Barratt interrogates gender-based violence\, especially as it manifests through social discourse.\nTarika Sankar\, digital humanities librarian at Brown University and a critical scholar of Indo-Caribbean diaspora\, race and ethnic studies\, feminist studies\, and digital humanities. She earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Miami. Her dissertation project\, “Beyond the Culture Concept: Indo-Caribbean Identity as Diasporic Consciousness\,” received a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship.\nCristine Sabrina Khan\, a PRODIG Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University. Khan is currently working on her book manuscript tentatively titled\, “Racialized Legacies in Localized Identity Politics: Constructing Second-Generation Indo-Caribbean Identity in New York City and Toronto.”
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/the-asian-caribbean-in-the-caribbean-diaspora/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Africana Studies,Caribbean Studies,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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SUMMARY:Book Conversation: "What to Carry Into the Future" with author Sue Landers and Professor Celina K. Su
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate Sue Landers’s What to Carry Into the Future. Landers will be joined in conversation by Professor Celina Su\, author of Budget Justice. \nAbout the Book \nWhat to Carry Into the Future emerged from riding every NYC subway from end to end. Set within the city’s subways\, streets\, and waterways\, the collection charts the continuous aftermath of catastrophe alongside the city’s many pleasures.  The collection uses transportation and location as a metaphor and a conduit to explore beleaguered social relationships and standards that are challenged by political and natural forces. When we look for a city’s infrastructure\, where do we find it\, what do we see\, and what does it tell us about how we’re living? \nAbout the Speakers \nSue Landers is the author of four poetry collections. Her latest\, What to Carry Into the Future\, emerged from riding every NYC subway from end to end. Her poems have appeared in Poem-A-Day\, The Brooklyn Rail\, and elsewhere. She was the former executive director of Lambda Literary and currently serves as Director of Content Strategy at Brooklyn College. \nCelina Su is the Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies and a Professor of Political Science at CUNY. Her latest book is Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities\, from Princeton University Press. Her other publications include Streetwise for Book Smarts: Grassroots Organizing and Education Reform in the Bronx (Cornell University Press) and pieces in the New York Times Magazine\, Harper’s\, n+1\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/book-conversation-what-to-carry-into-the-future-with-author-sue-landers-and-professor-celina-k-su/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 411\, Samuel and Bernice Gottlieb Room
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: "The Pursuit of Success: A Philosophical Examination of Happiness\, Well-Being\, and Meaning in Life"
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate Professor Christine Vitrano’s The Pursuit of Success: A Philosophical Examination of Happiness\, Well-Being\, and Meaning in Life. \nThe book addresses our misguided assumptions about success\, which have led us to relentlessly pursue external goods and achievements at the expense of our own happiness. Vitrano defends the view that the key to living successfully is to find happiness\, arguing that everything else we typically associate with success is important only insofar as it contributes to happiness. She proposes that just as it is a mistake to associate success with external goods like wealth and material possessions\, it is also a mistake to place restrictions on how one finds happiness in life. \nChristine Vitrano is professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Brooklyn College\, CUNY. She is author of numerous articles and books\, including The Nature and Value of Happiness\, and Happiness and Goodness: Philosophical Reflections on Living Well\, which was co-written with Steven M. Cahn. Her latest book\, The Pursuit of Success: Philosophical Reflections on Happiness\, Well-being and Meaning in Life\, examines what it means to live a successful life.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-the-pursuit-of-success-a-philosophical-examination-of-happiness-well-being-and-meaning-in-life/
LOCATION:Room 411 Brooklyn College Library
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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SUMMARY:Asian American Movements for Racial Justice: Resistance and Solidarity - The 2026 Robert L. Hess Memorial Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Robert L. Hess Memorial Lecture by Professor Russell M. Jeung\nIntroduction by:  Socioloy Professor Yung-Yi Diana Pan \nPresenters include: \n\nRussell M. Jeung\, the 2025-6 Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence\, is Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and co-founder of Stop AAIP Hate. Over the last 25 years his research has shaped the fields of Asian American Studies and Sociology of Religion. He is author of Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans; Moving Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies; At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors; Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race\, Ethnicity and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation (with Carolyn Chen): and Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches. He co-produced the documentary\, The Oak Park Story (2010)\, about a landmark housing lawsuit involving Cambodian and Latino tenants. In March 2020\, Professor Jeung co-founded Stop AAPI Hate\, a coalition that was awarded the 2021 Webby Award for “Social Movement of the Year.” He was named as one of the TIME 100 Most Influential Persons in 2021.\n\n  \n\nYung-Yi Diana Pan is the director of the American Studies Program and Associate Professor of Sociology at CUNY\, Brooklyn College. She is also faculty of Sociology at the Graduate Center. Pan’s research broadly intersects race\, ethnicity\, immigration\, professions\, and culture. Mostly\, she is interested in examining how institutions not only maintain but reify racial norms and boundaries. Her first book\, Incidental Racialization: Performative Assimilation in Law School (Temple University\, 2017) examines how Asian American and Latinx law students are racialized as a part of their professional socialization. Her research has appeared in peer-reviewed sociology journals and interdisciplinary journals\, including Sociological Forum\, Journal for Asian American Studies\, and International Journal of Clinical Legal Education\, among others. She is co-PI on the Brooklyn College AANAPISI grant and has served in administrative positions at CUNY. Pan regularly teaches theory\, research methods\, and race and ethnicity courses\, and advises students on an array of independent research topics.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/asian-american-movements-for-racial-justice-resistance-and-solidarity-the-2026-robert-l-hess-memorial-lecture/
LOCATION:Library\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Best of BC,Brooklyn,Community,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,School of Humanities and Social Sciences,Sociology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T154000
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SUMMARY:Hess Week 2026: Struggling\, Surviving\, Thriving—Asian American Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:This event brings together leading experts in the field of psychology\, sociology\, and Asian American studies to discuss mental health\, socio-emotional\, and developmental challenges facing Asian Americans\, with an emphasis on adolescents and college students. \nPresenters include: \n\nRussell M. Jeung\, 2025–26 Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence\, professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University\, and co-founder of Stop AAIP Hate. He is author of Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans; Moving Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies; At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors; and Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches. Jeung co-produced the documentary The Oak Park Story (2010)\, about a landmark housing lawsuit involving Cambodian and Latino tenants. He was named as one of the TIME 100 Most Influential Persons in 2021.\nClarissa S.L. Cheah\, professor of psychology and Asian studies faculty affiliate at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. A cultural development scientist\, Cheah’s research illuminates how individual\, relational\, and contextual factors shape the socio-emotional\, mental\, and physical health of children and adolescents\, with a sustained focus on Asian American and Muslim American families. Her innovative mixed-methods work advances conceptual frameworks on parenting\, racial-ethnic identity socialization\, and development\, offering culturally grounded perspectives on development in the context of migration\, marginalization\, and resilience. She is president of the Society for the Research on Adolescence\, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association\, the Association for Psychological Science\, and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development.\nCindy Liu\, licensed clinical psychology and associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry\, Harvard Medical School. Liu is the director of the Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Program as well as the NICU Parent Mental Health Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research focuses on the measurement and mechanisms of stress and its impact on mental health across the developmental lifespan. Liu is currently principal investigator on several studies\, including the BOBA Project\, the largest NIH-funded study on Asian American adolescents. Her work has been supported by foundations and philanthropy and featured in outlets including The New York Times\, USA Today\, and CBS News. In 2023\, she received Clarivate’s Highly Cited designation\, recognizing scientists in the top 1% of citations.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/hess-week-2026-struggling-surviving-thriving-asian-american-mental-health/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
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SUMMARY:Recuperating Collective Stories: Writing Chinese American Memoirs
DESCRIPTION:Ava Chin\, author of Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming\, joins Russell M. Jeung\, Rober L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence 2026 and author of At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors\, for a discussion on the important work of recuperating collective histories\, exploring the relationship of self and community\, and comparing East Coast to West Coast Chinese American experiences. Alvin Khiêm Bùi\, Brooklyn College\, will frame the discussion. \n\nAva Chin is the author of Mott Street\, winner of the CALA Best Book Award in Nonfiction and a PEN/Open Book Finalist\, and Eating Wildly\, winner of the M.F.K. Fisher Book Award for excellence in food writing. Mott Street\, an ALA Notable Book and one of People magazine’s top books by Asian American authors\, was a Best Book of the year by TIME\, the SF Chronicle\, Library Journal\, Kirkus and Elle. Chin is the recipient of grants from the NYPL’s Cullman Center\, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program\, NYFA\, Asian American Writers’ Workshop and MacDowell. She is Professor of Creative Nonfiction at CUNY\, head of the Grad Center’s American Studies Certificate Program\, and a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University. The Huff Post named her one of “9 Contemporary Authors You Should Be Reading.”\nRussell M. Jeung\, the 2025-6 Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence\, is Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and co-founder of Stop AAIP Hate. Over the last 25 years his research has shaped the fields of Asian American Studies and Sociology of Religion. He is author of Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans; Moving Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies; At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors; Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race\, Ethnicity and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation (with Carolyn Chen): and Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches. He co-produced the documentary\, The Oak Park Story (2010)\, about a landmark housing lawsuit involving Cambodian and Latino tenants. In March 2020\, Professor Jeung co-founded Stop AAPI Hate\, a coalition that was awarded the 2021 Webby Award for “Social Movement of the Year.” He was named as one of the TIME 100 Most Influential Persons in 2021.\nAlvin Khiêm Bùi is Assistant Professor of History specializing in Asian and Asian diasporic histories. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Washington\, Seattle in modern Southeast Asian and East Asian history. His research is on ethnic Chinese in and from southern Vietnam. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, in History and Asian American Studies\, after which he lived and worked in Vietnam in education and venture capital. He has published on Saigonese motorbike YouTubers and their diasporic Vietnamese audiences.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/recuperating-collective-stories-writing-chinese-american-memoirs/
LOCATION:Library\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Best of BC,Brooklyn,Community,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Library,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T121500
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SUMMARY:Belief and Belonging: Faith Communities and Justice
DESCRIPTION:Panel members include: \n\nRev. Deborah Lee is co-executive director\, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity\, a California-based interfaith abolitionist organization dedicated to the dignity and full inclusion of immigrants and those impacted by incarceration. Lee is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ and is a compelling preacher and speaker on immigration\, human rights\, and the prophetic role of faith communities in today’s social movements.\nJerry Park is associate professor\, Department of Sociology\, Baylor University\, and president of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. His research interests include the sociological study of religion\, race\, identity\, culture\, and civic participation with a focus on Asian American experiences. He has published nearly 50 academic articles and book chapters\, and he is active in multiple survey data collections of overlooked and marginalized minority groups. He was associate editor for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion and serves as the president of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.\nRussell M. Jeung is the 2025–26 Robert L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence. Jeung is professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. Over the last 25 years his research has shaped the fields of Asian American studies and sociology of religion. He is author of Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans; Moving Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies; At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors; Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race\, Ethnicity and Religion Among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation (with Carolyn Chen); and Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches. He co-produced the documentary The Oak Park Story (2010)\, about a landmark housing lawsuit involving Cambodian and Latino tenants. In 2020\, Jeung co-founded Stop AAPI Hate\, a coalition that was awarded the 2021 Webby Award for “Social Movement of the Year.” He was named as one of the TIME 100 Most Influential Persons in 2021.\n\nModerated by Ken Estey\, professor of political science and director\, Studies in Religion Program.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/belief-and-belonging-faith-communities-and-justice/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Studies in Religion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260317T153000
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SUMMARY:The Lives\, Rights\, and Civil Liberties of Asian Americans in an Age of Mass Deportation
DESCRIPTION:The panel will explore how current anti-immigrant attacks\, politics\, policies are affecting Asian American communities in the United States. Attention will be paid to tensions and solidarity building between Asian American communities and other immigrant communities. \nPresenters include: \n\nAnju Gupta\, Professor of Law and Judge Chester J. Straub Scholar; Director\, Immigrant Rights Clinic\, Rutgers Law School\, Newark\nRussell M. Jeung\, Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University\, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate; and Rober L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence 2026\nRev. Deborah Lee\, Co-Executive Director of Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity\nSocheatta Meng\, Executive Director\, Mekong NYC\n\nModerator: \n\nGunja SenGupta\, Professor of History\, Brooklyn College and the Graduate\nCenter\, CUNY
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/the-lives-rights-and-civil-liberties-of-asian-americans-in-an-age-of-mass-deportation/
LOCATION:Library\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Best of BC,Brooklyn,Community,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Library,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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SUMMARY:Hess Week 2026 Welcome Ceremomy
DESCRIPTION:The Brooklyn College community welcomes 2025-26 Hess Scholar-in-Residence Russell M. Jeung to campus. \nPresenters include: \n\nCarolyn Chen\, Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley; Co-Director of the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative\nJerry Park\, Associate Professor of Sociology at Baylor University; President of the Association for the Sociology of Religion\nDr. David Kim\, scholar\, public intellectual\, educator\, and Founder and Principal of Being Human\nRussell M. Jeung\, Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University; co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate; and Robert L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence 2026
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/hess-week-2026-welcome-ceremomy/
LOCATION:Library\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Best of BC,Brooklyn,Community,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20260217T211019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T211019Z
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SUMMARY:Doing Museum Work in These Political Times
DESCRIPTION:A timely conversation with museum professionals and academics about the challenges facing cultural institutions in these times. Discussants include: \n\nLauren Mancia\, Professor of History and Coordinator of the Museum/Cultural Organization Minor\, Brooklyn College; Professor of Medieval Studies\, CUNY Graduate Center\nSuhaly Bautista\, Chief of Programs\, American LGBTQ+ Museum\nMeredith Fluke\, Director of Foundation and Government Relations\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\nNaiomy Guerrero\, CUNY Graduate Center Fellow\, Art History\nRosamond S. King\, Carol L. Zicklin Endowed Chair and Professor of English\, Brooklyn College
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/doing-museum-work-in-these-political-times/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
GEO:40.63109;-73.94981
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20260107T210638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T210638Z
UID:10014082-1772541000-1772546400@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:The 2025–26 Annual Samuel J. Konefsky Memorial Lecture: The Trump Administration’s Assault on the Rights of Immigrants—The Battle in the Courts and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Lee Gelernt\, a lawyer at the ACLU and widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading public interest lawyers\, has argued some of the country’s highest-profile cases\, including in the U.S. Supreme Court and 10 federal courts of appeals\, and has testified in the House and Senate. \nAmong Gelernt’s cases are a successful challenge to the Trump administration’s practice of separating thousands of families at the border. His work on this case received worldwide attention\, including in the 2020 documentary The Fight and a July 2018 New York Times Magazine cover story about the ACLU. He is currently lead counsel in a challenge to the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act\, which resulted in hundreds of Venezuelans being sent to the notorious Salvadoran CECOT prison without any due process. \nGelernt also teaches at Columbia Law School. He has won numerous awards and has been recognized as one of the 500 leading lawyers in the country in any field. He lectures widely around the country and regularly appears in the media\, documentaries\, podcasts\, books\, and television shows. \nThe Konefsky Lecture is an annual event that honors Samuel J. Konefsky\, a Brooklyn College alumnus who became a professor of constitutional law at the college from the 1940s to 1970. At the event\, a scholarship generously donated by the Konefsky family is presented to a Brooklyn College pre-law student.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/the-2025-26-annual-samuel-j-konefsky-memorial-lecture-the-trump-administrations-assault-on-the-rights-of-immigrants-the-battle-in-the-courts-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
GEO:40.63109;-73.94981
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T154000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T160000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20251211T180439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T164237Z
UID:10014061-1771861200-1771862400@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:To Rule All Under Heaven: A History of Classical China
DESCRIPTION:This program is part of the LAMEM Doubleheader\, which includes:  \nTo Rule All Under Heaven: A History of Classical China\nMonday\, February 23\, 3:40 p.m.\, 411 Brooklyn College Library\, part of Wolfe Institute New Faculty Books series\nProfessor Andrew Meyer\, History\, Brooklyn College \nAugustine and Race\nMonday\, February 23\, 5 p.m.\, 2405 Boylan Hall\nBrittany Lugo\, CUNY B.A. ’23/CUNY Latin Institute\, Fordham M.A. student \nVisit LAMEM
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/to-rule-all-under-heaven-a-history-of-classical-china/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 411\, Samuel and Bernice Gottlieb Room
CATEGORIES:Academics,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Late Antique-Medieval-Early Modern Faculty Working Group (LAMEM),School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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ORGANIZER;CN="Late Antique-Medieval-Early Modern Faculty Working Group (LAMEM)":MAILTO:nicolam@brooklyn.cuny.edu
GEO:40.63131;-73.95019
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T200000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20251118T180749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T192124Z
UID:10014017-1769020200-1769025600@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:Careers in AI Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:Learn from Brooklyn College alumni how you can find success in an increasingly AI world. Three alumni panelists who work in the field join us to discuss AI-centered careers and how you can navigate them. \nPanelists \nPawel Walczuk ’10\, Managing Director\, Accenture and Brooklyn College Foundation Trustee \nRafi Lazerson ’16\, Responsible AI Associate Manager\, Accenture \nSoribel Feliz ’09\, AI Governance and AI Risk Management LinkedIn Instructor and Team Member \nThis event is open to students and alumni. If you’re interested in how AI is being used in today’s workforce\, be sure to register. It will be a panel format. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Office of Alumni Engagement\, Brooklyn College Honors Academy\, Wolfe Institute\, Political Science Department\, and Computer Science Club.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/careers-in-ai-virtual-panel/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Alumni Engagement,Computer and Information Science,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Honors Academy,Political Science,Undergraduate
ORGANIZER;CN="Alumni Engagement":MAILTO:alumni@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T190000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20251106T150400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T150400Z
UID:10013978-1764784800-1764788400@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:JUSTICE: A Conversation With Hess Scholars Melissa Murray and Russell M. Jeung
DESCRIPTION:What is justice and how do we get it? Join Robert L. Hess Scholars Melissa Murray and Russell M. Jeung in conversation as they draw on their personal and professional journeys to address these questions. \nMelissa Murray\, the 2024–25 Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence\, is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. Murray teaches constitutional law\, family law\, criminal law\, and reproductive rights and justice. She is a co-author (with Andrew Weissman) of The New York Times bestselling book The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary. She is a legal analyst for MSNBC and served as a judicial clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor\, then a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. \nRussell M. Jeung\, the 2025–26 Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence\, is professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University and co-founder of Stop AAIP Hate. He is author of Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans; Moving Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies; At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors; and Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches. He co-produced the documentary The Oak Park Story (2010)\, about a landmark housing lawsuit involving Cambodian and Latino tenants. He was named as one of the TIME‘s 100 Most Influential Persons in 2021. \nRegister Today
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/justice-a-conversation-with-hess-scholars-melissa-murray-and-russell-m-jeung/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T191500
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20251022T184710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T184845Z
UID:10013962-1763661600-1763666100@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:Citizen Enough? Race and Belonging Now and Then: A Conversation With Neda Maghbouleh and Dana Y. Nakano
DESCRIPTION:Professor Neda Maghbouleh and Professor Dana Y. Nakano will discuss how racial ideologies structure non-White U.S. citizens’ experiences of national belonging. \nMaghbouleh is the Canada Research Chair in Race\, Ethnicity\, Migration & Identity and associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her award-winning book The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race examines the racial experiences of Iranian Americans. \nNakano is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology\, Gerontology\, and Gender Studies at California State University\, Stanislaus. He is co-editor of Japanese American Millennials: Rethinking Generation\, Community\, and Diversity and author of Japanese Americans and the Racial Uniform: Citizenship\, Belonging\, and the Limits of Assimilation. \nAssociate Professor of Sociology Diana Pan will moderate the discussion. \nRegister Today
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/citizen-enough-race-and-belonging-now-and-then-a-conversation-with-neda-maghbouleh-and-dana-y-nakano/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T154000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20250905T154131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T130712Z
UID:10013051-1763653200-1763658000@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: Words With Wings and Magic Things
DESCRIPTION:Join author and Associate Professor of English Matthew Burgess and illustrator Doug Salati as they discuss their collaboration in their recent book\, Words With Wings and Magic Things. Beyond the doorway of the first page of this collection awaits a dragon piñata\, an alligator on the A train\, a hungry yeti\, an ice cream dream\, jetpack sneakers\, midnight firelight\, a gray day\, a plump tomato\, a serious question\, and so much more. This inviting and magical book of poems takes young readers on an uplifting journey through everyday moments\, moods\, and experiences\, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. With enchanting illustrations throughout and seven die-cut portals that open into realms of Welcome\, Wonder\, Wild\, Weee!\, Whoops & Wallops\, Windows\, and Whispers & Well Wishes\, Words With Wings and Magic Things explores how words can awaken us to a world of wonder and possibility.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-words-with-wings-and-magic-things/
LOCATION:Boylan Hall\, Room 0400\, Art Gallery
CATEGORIES:English,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T154000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20251014T164724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T164724Z
UID:10013948-1761838800-1761843600@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:Stephanie Pacheco: Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a poetry reading by U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate Stephanie Pacheco and by Brooklyn College student poets. \nPacheco has served as both the New York City and New York State Youth Poet Laureate before earning the national title. She currently serves as Broadway Advocacy Coalition’s 2025 Artivism Fellow. She is a long-time advocate for equity in arts and education\, having organized with The Healing Centered Schools Task Force and Alliance for Quality Education. She has been highlighted by The Today Show\, NPR\, and CBS for her poetry and advocacy\, and has performed at Barclays Center\, Lincoln Center\, The Schomburg\, Apollo Theater\, the Kennedy Center\, and more.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/stephanie-pacheco-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Boylan Hall\, Room 0400\, Art Gallery
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140244
CREATED:20250916T192149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T175626Z
UID:10013100-1761654600-1761660000@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:Rainbow Railroad: LGBTQI+ People Seek Asylum in a World Fueled by Hatred
DESCRIPTION:The world is facing the greatest forced displacement crisis in history. Anti-LGBTQI+ and anti-migrant policies are on the rise around the world\, and the Trump administration has made queer people and migrants a target in the United States. And yet\, while there are LGBTQI+ people who will still need to seek refuge in the United States\, LGBTQI+ migrants are already part of our communities. This event explores the experiences of those who seek asylum based on their sexual orientation\, gender identity\, and sex characteristics. \nSince 2006\, Rainbow Railroad\, a global non-for-profit\, has helped more than 13\,000 LGBTQI+ individuals find safety through emergency relocation\, crisis response\, cash assistance\, and other forms of assistance. Join us to hear the voices of those who have sought asylum and those who have guided them on the Rainbow Railroad. \nSpeakers include Kendra Frith\, senior engagement officer at Rainbow Railroad\, where she leads national and international initiatives to establish Communities of Care and Community Support Teams for LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers; Samuel Wairiuko\, a human rights activist and economics student based in New York; and Richard Wilson\, a final-year Bachelor of Social Work student at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/rainbow-railroad-lgbtqi-people-seek-asylum-in-a-world-fueled-by-hatred/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,LGBTQ Resource Center
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
GEO:40.63109;-73.94981
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T191500
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250905T151726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T133929Z
UID:10013050-1761242400-1761246900@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts
DESCRIPTION:Join Associate Professor of Philosophy Professor Matthew Lindauer for a conversation on his important recent book\, The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts. Can philosophical concepts do real work in improving our world? Should we\, when evaluating competing understandings of concepts like “justice” and “solidarity\,” take into account whether these different understandings can help us to fight injustice and promote solidarity between people? In The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts\, Lindauer argues that the answer to both questions is an emphatic “yes.” In doing so\, it provides a bold new defense of a tight relationship between theory and practice. Drawing on cutting-edge scientific research\, the book also demonstrates that we now have the tools to evaluate the practical value of normative concepts.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-the-fruitfulness-of-normative-concepts/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T191500
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250904T202913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T130329Z
UID:10013049-1760983200-1760987700@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities
DESCRIPTION:Join Gabe Dunn\, bestselling author\, actor\, and filmmaker\, and host of the podcast “Bad With Money\,” and Professor Celina Su\, Department of Political Science\, for a conversation on racial capitalism\, coalition building\, and her book recent book\, Budget Justice. \nDrawing on her years of engagement with democratic governance in New York City and around the globe\, Su proposes in her book a new kind of democracy\, in which city residents make collective decisions about public needs through processes like participatory budgeting\, and in which they work across racial divides and segregated spaces as neighbors rather than as consumers or members of voting blocs. Essential reading to empower citizens\, Budget Justice explains why public budgets reflect a crisis not so much in accounting as in democracy\, and enables everyone\, especially those from historically marginalized communities\, to imagine and enact people’s budgets and policies—from universal preschool to affordable housing—that will enable their communities to thrive. \nRegister for the Zoom meeting
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-budget-justice-on-building-grassroots-politics-and-solidarities/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Political Science,School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T191500
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250826T190758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T130623Z
UID:10013041-1760637600-1760642100@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method
DESCRIPTION:Join medieval historian Lauren Mancia and anthropologist Professor Katie Rose Hejtmanek as they discuss Mancia’s new short book\, Embodied Epistemology as Rigorous Historical Method. Learn why scholars assume they cannot use reperformance in academic inquiry and why they\, in fact\, should. Discover how embodied epistemology is particularly suited to studying certain pre-1500 C.E. historical topics. Find out how using performance as a tool for historical investigation might work. And hear about some of the innovative\, fun\, and crazy things these two professors do in their research and in their classrooms. \nLauren Mancia is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and professor of medieval studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She also organizes the LAMEM colloquium. \nKatie Rose Hejtmanek is professor of anthropology and children and youth studies as well as a national and world champion in masters weightlifting. \nRegister for the Zoom meeting
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-embodied-epistemology-as-rigorous-historical-method/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Children and Youth Studies,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,History,Late Antique-Medieval-Early Modern Faculty Working Group (LAMEM),School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T191500
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250828T151913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T151913Z
UID:10013042-1760032800-1760037300@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: Art as Cognition: How Gist Reframes the Aesthetic Experience as Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Associate Professor of Philosophy Dena Shottenkirk and Assistant Professor Nicholas Whittaker (Wesleyan University) as they discuss Shottenkirk’s Art as Cognition. The book argues that a satisfactory account of the aesthetic experience would be derived from the perceptual experiences of both artist and viewer. It examines recent findings in visual science that emphasize low-level features\, such as texture\, illumination\, color\, shape\, movement\, etc.\, within the framework of gist perception. Lastly\, the book concludes with a description of how the perceptual and cognitive processes of artist and viewer interact with curatorial/critical testimony to construct the artwork’s meaning. \nDena Shottenkirk writes in the field of epistemology and aesthetics\, emphasizing the intersection of the two. She’s the author of Nominalism and Its Aftermath: The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman and Cover Up the Dirty Parts\, and co-editor of Perception\, Cognition\, and Aesthetics. \nNicholas Whittaker earned a Ph.D. at the CUNY Graduate Center and a B.A. at Harvard University. Whittaker’s work focuses on the nature of race and on the role of aesthetics in political\, spiritual\, and analytic philosophical traditions. \nRegister for the Zoom meeting
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-art-as-cognition-how-gist-reframes-the-aesthetic-experience-as-conversation/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250826T163803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T130352Z
UID:10013040-1759840200-1759845600@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: Labor Evangelicals: Faith\, Authority\, and Resistance at Work
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Associate Professor of Political Science Ken Estey\, author of Labor Evangelicals\,  and Professor of Sociology Timothy Shortell. \nEstey’s recent book studies theologically conservative working-class evangelicals in the United States who resist the common preconception that they eagerly embrace deregulation\, unfettered markets\, and globalized capital. This book studies evangelical workers at the grassroots level to discern the complexity of their perspectives about work\, unions\, class\, and power. It shows how White and African American evangelicals think about labor in working-class communities in Bethlehem\, Pennsylvania\, and Moncure\, North Carolina. \nKen Estey\, director of the Studies in Religion Program\, centers his research on the intersection of politics and religion with a particular focus on labor and Christianity. He is also the author of A New Protestant Labor Ethic at Work. \nTimothy Shortell\, professor of data analysis and visualization at the CUNY Graduate Center\, is a computational social psychologist who studies identity and belonging using large corpus quantitative methods. His current research focuses on U.S. evangelicals and the emergence of Christian nationalism. \nFood and refreshments will be served. \nLibrary Guide with free electronic access to the book: is available here.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-labor-evangelicals-faith-authority-and-resistance-at-work/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 411\, Samuel and Bernice Gottlieb Room
CATEGORIES:Academics,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Political Science,School of Humanities and Social Sciences,Sociology
GEO:40.63131;-73.95019
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T123000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250826T140706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T140706Z
UID:10013038-1759748400-1759753800@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:SEX WORK: It's Just a Job
DESCRIPTION:SEX WORK: It’s Just a Job is a documentary inspired by the bestselling book The End of Policing\, by Sociology Professor Alex S. Vitale. They both lay out the ways in which police have been used to harm vulnerable communities rather than provide true public safety and the many ways in which they could be replaced by less harmful interventions that center people’s well-being\, not violent social control. After the screening\, join the filmmakers and community members in discussion: \n\nAlex Vitale\, producer\, coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College\, and member of the New York State Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.\nTami Kashia Gold\, producer\, director\, and writer\, with producing credits for Every Mother’s Son; Juggling Gender: Politics\, Sex and Identity; Out at Work: Lesbian and Gay Men on the Job; Passionate Politics: The Life and Work of Charlotte Bunch; RFK in the Land of Apartheid; and The Last Hunger Strike: Ireland 1981.\nBianey Garcia-De la O\, transgender and gender nonconforming organizer at Make the Road New York.\nMolly B. Simmons\, writer\, editor\, co-founder of Working Girls Press\, former literary editor of Petit Mort Magazine\, and co-author of Partners in Crime: A Relationship Guidebook for Sex Workers and Their Partners.\n\n\nLibrary Guide with free electronic access to related books and resources is available here.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/sex-work-its-just-a-job/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
GEO:40.63109;-73.94981
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T193000
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250826T150008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T150008Z
UID:10013039-1759170600-1759174200@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:New Books by BC Faculty Series: Free Speech Handbook: A Practical Framework for Understanding Our Free Speech Protections
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online conversation with author Ian Rosenberg and illustrator Mike Cavallaro\, moderated by Associate Professor Beth Evans\, Brooklyn College Library. \nIn the face of a rising tide of censorship and suppression\, this updated paperback edition of Free Speech Handbook\, the acclaimed nonfiction graphic novel\, equips readers with a practical framework for appreciating the history―and future―of our free speech protections. The book brilliantly traces this turbulent history across 10 seminal Supreme Court cases while drawing parallels with more recent controversies. Rosenberg’s straightforward language combines with Cavallaro’s bold and bright art to create an accessible and engaging crash course on the meaning\, reach\, and limits of our free speech protections. \nRegister for the Zoom meeting
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/new-books-by-bc-faculty-series-free-speech-handbook-a-practical-framework-for-understanding-our-free-speech-protections/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
ORGANIZER;CN="Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities":MAILTO:wolfe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T121500
DTSTAMP:20260415T140245
CREATED:20250722T144543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T154759Z
UID:10012989-1758106800-1758111300@www.brooklyn.edu
SUMMARY:Sheila '46 and Wilbur Liebson Ethics Colloquium: Understanding Your True Self
DESCRIPTION:Join Yale University’s experimental philosopher Joshua Knobe for a mind-bending discussion on how people decide who they really are deep down. This talk dives into the psychology and philosophy of identity\, emotion\, and moral judgment. This event is being cosponsored by the Wolfe Institute.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/sheila-46-and-wilbur-liebson-ethics-colloquium-understanding-your-true-self/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,Philosophy
GEO:40.63109;-73.94981
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T141500
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SUMMARY:Stories on Disability Through Our Voices: Born This Way—A Conversation Between Author Yoon Joo Lee and Professor David J. Connor
DESCRIPTION:This event celebrates the publication of Stories on Disability Through Our Voices: Born This Way (Routledge\, 2025)\, the first solo book by Yoon Joo Lee\, associate professor of childhood\, bilingual\, and special education. Lee will be joined by Professor Emeritus David J. Connor\, Hunter College (CUNY). The book explores the lived experiences of Korean and Korean American women with visible disabilities in South Korea and the United States. Drawing upon the work of scholars in disability studies in education and feminist disability studies\, it challenges readers to (re)consider their own misconceptions and assumptions about disability and reconceptualize their understanding of diversity. Lee’s work is distinguished by her ability to connect personally with the women she interviews\, sharing unique yet overlapping experiences as a woman with visible disabilities. Part of the Routledge Book Series Autocritical Disability Studies\, the book uses autoethnography to center the researcher’s personal experiences throughout the process. Lee and Connor will engage in a conversation around values of foregrounding voices of individuals with disabilities in various forms of research.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/stories-on-disability-through-our-voices-born-this-way-a-conversation-between-author-yoon-joo-lee-and-professor-david-j-connor/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Childhood, Bilingual, and Special Education,Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities,School of Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T123000
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SUMMARY:Translating Blackness: A Conversation With Lorgia García-Peña and Jasmine Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Lorgia García-Peña is the director of Princeton University’s Program in Latino Studies and is affiliated with Princeton’s Department of African American Studies and its Effron Center for the Study of America. She is a writer\, activist and scholar who specializes in Latino studies with a focus on Black Latinidades\, the intersection of Blackness and Latinidad. She is the author of The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race\, Nations and Archives of Contradictions (Duke\, 2016); Translating Blackness: Latinx Colonialities in Global Perspective (Duke\, 2022); and Community as Rebellion. In 2022 she received the Angela Davis Prize for Public Scholarship. In 2021 the Margaret Casey Foundation named her a Freedom Scholar\, and in 2017 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology presented her a Disobedience Award for the cofounding of Freedom University. Her scholarship has been supported by the Ford Foundation\, the Johns Hopkins University African Diaspora Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship\, the Future of Minority Studies Fellowship\, and the Mellon Foundation. She has appeared on CNN\, BBC\, MSNBC\, Univision\, and Telemundo\, and is a regular contributor to NACLA and Asterix journals. \nAs part of her visit to campus\, García-Peña will be in conversation with Associate Professor Jasmine Mitchell\, Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies\, in a public lecture in the Woody Tanger Auditorium and hold a private meeting with the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows.
URL:https://www.brooklyn.edu/event/translating-blackness-a-conversation-with-lorgia-garcia-pena-and-jasmine-mitchell/
LOCATION:Library\, Room 150\, Woody Tanger Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities
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